The reported purchase price of $9 billion is also a red flag, considering that it is nowhere near the $800 billion market value of Apple.

Whilst the contents of the story make it obvious that the news is completely fake, the existence of real-time high-speed trading means the jump to $158 was nearly certainly caused by automatic computer algorithms rather than real people.

Trading Indicator Watch on Shares of Coca-Cola Company (KO)
The Altman Z-score depends on five financial ratios that can be calculated from data found on a company's annual 10K report. The indicator is non-directional meaning that it gauges trend strength whether the stock price is trending higher or lower.Wednesday, October 11, 2017